Preserve

by: Housh, Carter, 1887-1928

Publication date: 1939

Topics: Food Preservation United States Posters, Canning and preserving United States Posters, Food -- Preservation -- United States -- Posters, Canning and preserving -- United States -- Posters, World War, 1939-1945 -- Food supply -- United States -- Posters

Publisher: New York : Geo. P. Thomas

Collection: usda-posters; usdanationalagriculturallibrary; fedlink

Digitizing sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

Contributor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

Language: English

Large color poster shows Uncle Sam standing on a turquoise background, and emptying a cornucopia of produce. At his feet are glass canning jars.

1 poster : 106 x 72 cm

Large color poster shows Uncle Sam standing on a turquoise background, and emptying a cornucopia of produce. At his feet are glass canning jars

Addeddate: 2013-10-23 15:09:51

Identifier: CAT31127337

Identifier-ark: ark:/13960/t3rv2q78h

Nal_call_number: Graphic no. 645

Ocr: ABBYY FineReader 9.0

Ocr_converted: abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.4

Ocr_module_version: 0.0.13

Ppi: 300

Rights: The contributing institution believes that this item is not in copyright.

Unique_id: CAT31127337

Year: 1939

Full catalog record: MARCXML

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Reviewer: thefoodhistorian - - August 20, 2016
Subject: Great image, wrong date

I love Carter Housh's work, but his series of "Preserve" posters are actually from World War I, not World War II. Housh died in 1928 and the three "Preserve" posters are from 1918.

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